Marmion: Canto Iv. - The Camp Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Marmion: Canto Iv. - The Camp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I	A
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Eustace I said did blithely mark	B
The first notes of the merry lark	B
The lark sang shrill the cock he crew	C
And loudly Marmion's bugles blew	C
And with their light and lively call	D
Brought groom and yeoman to the stall	D
Whistling they came and free of heart	E
But soon their mood was changed	F
Complaint was heard on every part	E
Of something disarranged	E
Some clamoured loud for armour lost	E
Some brawled and wrangled with the host	E
'By Becket's bones ' cried one 'I fear	G
That some false Scot has stol'n my spear '	-
Young Blount Lord Marmion's second squire	H
Found his steed wet with sweat and mire	H
Although the rated horse boy sware	H
Last night he dressed him sleek and fair	H
While chafed the impatient squire like thunder	H
Old Hubert shouts in fear and wonder	H
'Help gentle Blount help comrades all	D
Bevis lies dying in his stall	D
To Marmion who the plight dare tell	I
Of the good steed he loves so well '	-
Gaping for fear and ruth they saw	J
The charger panting on his straw	J
Till one who would seem wisest cried	E
'What else but evil could betide	E
With that cursed Palmer for our guide	E
Better we had through mire and bush	K
Been lantern led by Friar Rush '	-
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II	A
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Fitz Eustace who the cause but guessed	E
Nor wholly understood	E
His comrades' clamorous plaints suppressed	E
He knew Lord Marmion's mood	E
Him ere he issued forth he sought	E
And found deep plunged in gloomy thought	E
And did his tale display	L
Simply as if he knew of nought	E
To cause such disarray	L
Lord Marmion gave attention cold	E
Nor marvelled at the wonders told	E
Passed them as accidents of course	M
And bade his clarions sound to horse	M
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III	A
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Young Henry Blount meanwhile the cost	E
Had reckoned with their Scottish host	E
And as the charge he cast and paid	E
'Ill thou deserv'st thy hire ' he said	E
'Dost see thou knave my horse's plight	E
Fairies have ridden him all the night	E
And left him in a foam	N
I trust that soon a conjuring band	E
With English cross and blazing brand	E
Shall drive the devils from this land	E
To their infernal home	N
For in this haunted den I trow	H
All night they trampled to and fro '	-
The laughing host looked on the hire	H
'Gramercy gentle southern squire	H
And if thou com'st among the rest	E
With Scottish broadsword to be blest	E
Sharp be the brand and sure the blow	H
And short the pang to undergo '	-
Here stayed their talk for Marmion	O
Gave now the signal to set on	P
The Palmer showing forth the way	L
They journeyed all the morning day	L
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IV	Q
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The greensward way was smooth and good	E
Through Humbie's and through Saltoun's wood	E
A forest glade which varying still	R
Here gave a view of dale and hill	R
There narrower closed till overhead	E
A vaulted screen the branches made	E
'A pleasant path ' Fitz Eustace said	E
'Such as where errant knights might see	S
Adventures of high chivalry	S
Might meet some damsel flying fast	E
With hair unbound and looks aghast	E
And smooth and level course were here	H
In her defence to break a spear	H
Here too are twilight nooks and dells	S
And oft in such the story tells	S
The damsel kind from danger freed	E
Did grateful pay her champion's meed '	-
He spoke to cheer Lord Marmion's mind	E
Perchance to show his lore designed	E
For Eustace much had pored	E
Upon a huge romantic tome	N
In the hall window of his home	N
Imprinted at the antique dome	N
Of Caxton or De Worde	E
Therefore he spoke but spoke in vain	T
For Marmion answered nought again	U
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V	S
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Now sudden distant trumpets shrill	R
In notes prolonged by wood and hill	R
Were heard to echo far	H
Each ready archer grasped his bow	V
But by the flourish soon they know	H
They breathed no point of war	H
Yet cautious as in foeman's land	E
Lord Marmion's order speeds the band	E
Some opener ground to gain	T
And scarce a furlong had they rode	E
When thinner trees receding showed	E
A little woodland plain	T
Just in that advantageous glade	E
The halting troop a line had made	E
As forth from the opposing shade	E
Issued a gallant train	T
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VI	Q
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First came the trumpets at whose clang	W
So late the forest echoes rang	W
On prancing steeds they forward pressed	E
With scarlet mantle azure vest	E
Each at his trump a banner wore	H
Which Scotland's royal scutcheon bore	H
Heralds and pursuivants by name	X
Bute Islay Marchmount Rothsay came	X
In painted tabards proudly showing	Y
Gules argent or and azure glowing	Y
Attendant on a king at arms	S
Whose hand the armorial truncheon held	E
That feudal strife had often quelled	E
When wildest its alarms	S
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VII	Q
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He was a man of middle age	Z
In aspect manly grave and sage	Z
As on king's errand come	A2
But in the glances of his eye	Q
A penetrating keen and sly	Q
Expression found its home	N
The flash of that satiric rage	Z
Which bursting on the early stage	Z
Branded the vices of the age	Z
And broke the keys of Rome	N
On milk white palfrey forth he paced	E
His cap of maintenance was graced	E
With the proud heron plume	B2
From his steed's shoulder loin and breast	E
Silk housings swept the ground	E
With Scotland's arms device and crest	E
Embroidered round and round	E
The double tressure might you see	S
First by Achaius borne	C2
The thistle and the fleur de lis	S
And gallant unicorn	C2
So bright the king's armorial coat	E
That scarce the dazzled eye could note	E
In living colours blazoned brave	Q
The lion which his title gave	Q
A train which well beseemed his state	E
But all unarmed around him wait	E
Still is thy name in high account	E
And still thy verse has charms	S
Sir David Lindesay of the Mount	E
Lord Lion King at Arms	S
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VIII	Q
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Down from his horse did Marmion spring	Y
Soon as he saw the Lion King	Y
For well the stately baron knew	C
To him such courtesy was due	C
Whom royal James himself had crowned	E
And on his temples placed the round	E
Of Scotland's ancient diadem	D2
And wet his brow with hallowed wine	E2
And on his finger given to shine	E2
The emblematic gem	D2
Their mutual greetings duly made	E
The Lion thus his message said	E
'Though Scotland's king hath deeply swore	H
Ne'er to knit faith with Henry more	H
And strictly hath forbid resort	E
From England to his royal court	E
Yet for he knows Lord Marmion's name	X
And honours much his warlike fame	X
My liege hath deemed it shame and lack	F2
Of courtesy to turn him back	F2
And by his order I your guide	E
Must lodging fit and fair provide	E
Till finds King James meet time to see	S
The flower of English chivalry '	-
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IX	S
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Though inly chafed at this delay	L
Lord Marmion bears it as he may	L
The Palmer his mysterious guide	E
Beholding thus his place supplied	E
Sought to take leave in vain	T
Strict was the Lion King's command	E
That none who rode in Marmion's band	E
Should sever from the train	T
'England has here enow of spies	S
In Lady Heron's witching eyes '	-
To Marchmount thus apart he said	E
But fair pretext to Marmion made	E
The right hand path they now decline	E2
And trace against the stream the Tyne	E2
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X	S
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At length up that wild dale they wind	E
Where Crichtoun Castle crowns the bank	G2
For there the Lion's care assigned	E
A lodging meet for Marmion's rank	G2
That castle rises on the steep	H2
Of the green vale of Tyne	E2
And far beneath where slow they creep	H2
From pool to eddy dark and deep	H2
Where alders moist and willows weep	H2
You hear her streams repine	E2
The towers in different ages rose	S
Their various architecture shows	S
The builders' various hands	S
A mighty mass that could oppose	S
When deadliest hatred fired its foes	S
The vengeful Douglas bands	S
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XI	S
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Crichtoun though now thy miry court	E
But pens the lazy steer and sheep	H2
Thy turrets rude and tottered keep	H2
Have been the minstrel's loved resort	E
Oft have I traced within thy fort	E
Of mouldering shields the mystic sense	S
Scutcheons of honour or pretence	S
Quartered in old armorial sort	E
Remains of rude magnificence	S
Nor wholly yet had time defaced	E
Thy lordly gallery fair	H
Nor yet the stony cord unbraced	E
Whose twisted knots with roses laced	E
Adorn thy ruined stair	H
Still rises unimpaired below	H
The courtyard's graceful portico	H
Above its cornice row and row	H
Of fair hewn facets richly show	H
Their pointed diamond form	I2
Though there but houseless cattle go	H
To shield them from the storm	I2
And shuddering	Y